Jefferson Square Project
December 10th, 2006 | by David Daddio | Published in General College Park, Jefferson Square, Route 1 | 10 Comments
For whatever reason we never posted about the Jefferson Square project which is approved and slated for construction on a large wooded parcel just northeast of the 193-Route 1 interchange. It includes 160 units in a 5-story building on top of 41,540 square feet of retail. It transitions into the nearby neighborhood with 45 townhouse units directly to the east. The project faced quite a bit of community opposition when it was originally proposed (237 apartments and 8 townhomes). Community concerns were largely responsible for sending it back to the design phase and to the eventual smaller overall plan. The expected owner occupancy requirement is 80%. Read the detailed site plan here.
December 10th, 2006 at 2:44 pm (#)
Are owner-occupancy requirements a function of the city? The M-NCPPC document doesn’t appear to mention such stipulations at all.
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December 11th, 2006 at 9:53 am (#)
The vast majority of the City’s recommendations are recommended by Park & Planning staff for adoption by its Board. Recommendations which venture outside of its comfort zone to enforce or it cannot legally require are not part of its decision. Owner-occupancy requirements are in the latter category.
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December 11th, 2006 at 5:52 pm (#)
This is on the old Mandalay Cafe property across from College Perk, correct? Any idea when construction will begin, and how long it will take?
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December 11th, 2006 at 8:10 pm (#)
Yes, that is its location. It is a 4.75 acre site with narrow frontage on Route 1. The Planning Board’s notice of project approval was issued on December 5th. Parties have 30 days to appeal the decision. If no party appeals (my expectation), JPI can begin the design work necessary to obtain building permits.
Permits will take about 7 to 8 months, so construction should commence in fall 07. The construction timeframe is about 15 to 18 months. Some occupancy may be possible by mid 2008. That is my recollection of what I was told a few months ago.
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December 14th, 2006 at 9:00 pm (#)
Does anyone know what this project is? The website simply refers to it as a “townhome project currently under development in College Park” and nothing else. Is this related to Jefferson Square?
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December 14th, 2006 at 9:47 pm (#)
That project is related to the IKEA development.
http://www.ci.college-park.md.us/Documents/Planning/ED%20Reports/ED%20Reports%202006/ED%2008.07.06.pdf
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December 15th, 2006 at 12:49 am (#)
Okay, I was familiar with the Village at North College Park. There’s so much going on here now I’m a little sad that I’ll graduate one day.
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December 22nd, 2006 at 2:19 pm (#)
Would this project be just north of Univ Blvd but just south of the Ramada Inn/Howard Johnson? (where the old Univ Donuts and cell phone stores used to be)
or will the Ramada/Ho Jos get torn down?
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February 8th, 2007 at 1:16 am (#)
[...] –> The council indicated their initial satisfaction of the proposed 220 unit College Park West Development on the Lasik’s site. JPI, the developer, had the blessings of a community group who appreciated JPI’s improved community cooperation since their last project (Jefferson Square) across the street. [...]
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April 13th, 2007 at 1:04 am (#)
Thanks for this great website! For what it’s worth, the original proposal for this project was about 300 apartments and no townhouses. It would have been a hideous monolith. The plan with 8 TH was better but not good enough. The current plan seems like something we could live with. I certainly hope so.
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